Unclassified road crash in County Durham DH6 on 28 September 1985 at 13:15 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in County Durham at 13:15 on Saturday 28 September 1985. The 27-year-old male driver and a 6-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Sep 1985
- Saturday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.7496, longitude -1.43851, in the DH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thornley.
Map of where the crash happened in County Durham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1985115BE0875
- Council area
- County Durham
- Police force
- Durham
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 October 1989.
Serious
Car crash on the B1279 in County Durham, 28 October 1989
14 m awayRef 1989119BE1943
Serious
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Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 18 August 1984
40 m awayRef 1984114BE0692
Slight
Car crash on the B1279 in County Durham, 2 October 1980
40 m awayRef 1980110BE0849
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B1279 in County Durham, 21 January 2010
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Serious
Hyundai i40 crash on the B1279 in County Durham, 21 February 2025
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1985115BE0875 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the County Durham road accident statistics for 1985.